Comments Thread For: Klitschko vs Povetkin Contract Details are Revealed

[BrooklynBomber]

Watch Samuel Peter get signed next week.

[Tiozzo]

Exactly, but 7 page contract is a rather small contract by any standards, my apartment lease was on 12 pages, and my work contract is on 9 pages. Some of the mortgages I saw were more then 50 pages long.

But you are right nonetheless, no one but Team K2 and Team Povetkin/his promoters have the actual contract and what you saw in the article were NOT the lines in the contract, they were words of Wilfred Zauerlend.

So for anyone to actually say wether the contract was unfair, they will have to at least see the actual contract, no?

it would be the best situation
just ''repeating'' selected lines does look like a bit of bull****

BUT THEN, the discussion we're all having is useless
if you are saying the contract is unfair, you cannot be right for sure
if you are saying the contract is fair, you cannot be right for sure

WE HAVE OWNED OURSELVES


Please BPP clear this mess up

[AKATheMack]

i dont really see anything except maybe not paying for hotel and food, but hes receiving 2mil its not like he cant afford it himself.

[Tiozzo]

I don't know any ****** that make 2.5 million dollars in 1 night.

Do any of you guys??

o
ownage

[GatecrasherUA]

the quantity of pages don't really matter, all that matter at the moment is whether these lines we got here are taken out of the real document and haven't been manipulated

Did you read the article, lol?

Pavlov detailed some of the items that caused friction between Sauerland and Klitschko.

This Pavlov is known Klitschko hater, and sportbox.ru - site he's working for - is prorussian dustbin.

[WladIsTheChamp]

All right, first of all the article is just a translation of the same thing that was posted yesterday in German mangazine. It is NOT the actual contract, simply because the actual contract was never revealed. I know boxingscene is a great source, but they are just not that great to get the stuff that no one but Team Povetkin and Team Klitschko has.

Second -- the article itself is not accurate.

It fails to mention that
A) Gloves can be of the same brand as Klitschko but of any size, shape and color, as long as they satisfy the IBF rules

B)Klitschko's team will pay for Povetkin team's hotel and food, but not for anything else.


BTW, if anyone here reads russian, here are words of Bernd Bunte. He exlpains the issue very well
http://www.allboxing.ru/archives/2010-07-24_20_19.html -- russian

Very reasonable stuff, I just read it. All these anti-Klitschko hating bitches are grasping at straws man. The Champion by IBF rules is allowed to dictate gloves, ring size, and ring corner. Morever, whoever wins the bid, is allowed to dictate promotional arrangements for the fight because they are now financially responsible for the outcome of the fight.

Essentially Boente is saying that, hey we knew Povetkin's team will not honor any of the promotional engagements for the fight so we put in a penalty clause, which is not unreasonable considering we won the bid for $8 million and Povetkin would be getting $2 million for doing nothing. It is quite reasonable to expect him to do his part to promote this fight, the IBF agreed with us.

What are all these bitches screaming about a "slave contract", I have never heard of ****** getting paid $2+ million. That is more than he ever ever earned in his life, at least 5 times more. So they wouldn't pay for his medical and hotel expenses, bohoo, pay it out of the $2 million. I garauntee, the next fight he fights, he will be fighting for $300,000.

Almost every Klitschko opponent gets the biggest payday of his life, without the Klitschkos they would be getting paid peanuts.

Samuel Peter got $4 million for his fight with Vitaly
Chambers $1.2 million
Thompson $1 million
Sosnowski $1.25 million
Byrd vs Wlad II $3 million

Thats just the ones I remember reading about, but each fighter that fought Vitaly or Wlad since 2005, has gotten at least a cool mil. I don't see anyone complaining but Saureland bitches - Diva "King ***** Gaye, Nicobith Valubum, and Sasha Povetkbitch.

Plus we all know that Povetkbitch did not take the fight because Atlas told him he wasn't ready, Atlas said so....

[OnePunch]

As for Health Insurance -- it is unprecendented that the opponent's side should pay for the fighter's health insurance. I mean, does it make sense to you that Tyson would pay for Berbick's health coverage for training and boxing match? And why would an insurance company sell a policy to such a high risk client as a boxer?

its not "unprecedented" when the opponents side is also the promoter. The promoter must provide insurance for every fighter on the card (at least in the US). Every show we do we have a policy for the night to cover any injuries or (god forbid) a death. That insurance runs about $1500 for the night. Plus a general liability policy to cover any injuries to spectators.

I think though the arguement here is that the fight was made on a purse bid, not during free negotiations. In a purse bid contract, you cant put any extra crap in there. Typically its fighter+3 on the travel, 4 rooms, and meals for 4. Gloves dont even have to be addressed, because IBF rules permit the promoter to choose the gloves. But in a urse bid contract all that jazz about missing pressers or whatever could have just been crossed out if Povetkin wanted the fight.......

[Ray*]

That's because if K2 paid for this themselves Povetkin would demand 1st class flight, accommodation and entourage. This is actually a common part of most contracts nowadays to stop the other fighter taking the piss and free loading along with his best buddies - remember(Bowe & Tyson)

Besides, didn't Monte Barratt complain of the same things being done to him from Haye?

K2 are paying for everything including the flight etc but they are not prepared to pay for anything that Povetkin doesnt like, For example if povetkin doesnt like the hotel assigned to him and he choose to book another hotel then he would have to pay for it himself which is right.

[LeadUppercut]

That's because if K2 paid for this themselves Povetkin would demand 1st class flight, accommodation and entourage. This is actually a common part of most contracts nowadays to stop the other fighter taking the piss and free loading along with his best buddies - remember(Bowe & Tyson)

Besides, didn't Monte Barratt complain of the same things being done to him from Haye?

Barrett recently stated that K2 treated him like absolute ****.

He said that they treated him so badly, it couldn't have been by accident.

Barrett is sure that it was a plan to put him off his game before the fight. Putting him up in an ****ty budget hotel where a number of fans also happened to be staying. The fans couldn't believe that Barrett was rooming in the same hotel. K2 paid for nothing, including food

K2 rule the heavywight division, so they should have the upper hand, but they are garnering a reputation for low-balling their opposition.

[BrooklynBomber]

its not "unprecedented" when the opponents side is also the promoter. The promoter must provide insurance for every fighter on the card (at least in the US). Every show we do we have a policy for the night to cover any injuries or (god forbid) a death. That insurance runs about $1500 for the night. Plus a general liability policy to cover any injuries to spectators.

I think though the arguement here is that the fight was made on a purse bid, not during free negotiations. In a purse bid contract, you cant put any extra crap in there. Typically its fighter+3 on the travel, 4 rooms, and meals for 4. Gloves dont even have to be addressed, because IBF rules permit the promoter to choose the gloves. But in a urse bid contract all that jazz about missing pressers or whatever could have just been crossed out if Povetkin wanted the fight.......

Point taken